Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup
The Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup is a county cup competition involving teams within the Sheffield and Hallamshire County Football Association. Originally named the Sheffield Challenge Cup, it is the 4th oldest surviving cup competition in the world, after the FA Cup (1871–72), Scottish FA Cup (1873–74) and East of Scotland Shield (1875–76).[1]
Founded | 1876 |
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Current champions | North Gawber Colliery (2018–19) |
Most successful club(s) | Frickley Athletic Sheffield Wednesday (14 titles) |
Sheffield and Hallamshire County Football Association members at levels 5-11 of the English football league system are currently eligible to compete in the competition.
From 1925/26 to 1945/46 the competition was split into two, with the Sheffield & Hallamshire Invitation Cup acting as the more senior competition.
2019-20 Participants
Club | League | |||
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Level 8 | ||||
Frickley Athletic | NPL Division One South East | |||
Sheffield | NPL Division One South East | |||
Stocksbridge Park Steels | NPL Division One South East | |||
Worksop Town | NPL Division One South East | |||
Level 9 | ||||
Athersley Recreation | NCEL Premier Division | |||
Handsworth | NCEL Premier Division | |||
Hemsworth Miners Welfare | NCEL Premier Division | |||
Maltby Main | NCEL Premier Division | |||
Penistone Church | NCEL Premier Division | |||
Staveley Miners Welfare | NCEL Premier Division | |||
Level 10 | ||||
Emley | NWCL Division One North | |||
Hallam | NCEL Division One | |||
Nostell Miners Welfate | NCEL Division One | |||
Parkgate | NCEL Division One | |||
Rossington Main | NCEL Division One | |||
Shelley | NWCL Division One North | |||
Swallownest | NCEL Division One | |||
Worsbrough Bridge Athletic | NCEL Division One | |||
Level 11 | ||||
AFC Bentley | CML North Division | |||
Burngreave | S&HCSL Premier Division | |||
Dinnington Town | CML North Division | |||
Dodworth Miners Welfare | S&HCSL Premier Division | |||
Ecclesfield Red Rose | S&HCSL Premier Division | |||
Frecheville Davys | S&HCSL Premier Division | |||
Grimethorpe Sports | S&HCSL Premier Division | |||
Hall Green United | WYL Premier Division | |||
Harworth Colliery | CML North Division | |||
High Green Villa | S&HCSL Premier Division | |||
Hepworth United | S&HCSL Premier Division | |||
Houghton Main | S&HCSL Premier Division | |||
Jubilee Sports | S&HCSL Premier Division | |||
North Gawber Colliery | S&HCSL Premier Division | |||
Oughtibridge War Memorial | S&HCSL Premier Division | |||
Phoenix | CML North Division | |||
Renishaw Rangers | CML North Division | |||
Swinton Athletic | S&HCSL Premier Division | |||
Wombwell Main | S&HCSL Premier Division | |||
Level 12 | ||||
Boynton Sports | CML North Division One | |||
St Joseph's Rockware of Worksop | CML North Division One |
Finals
Winners
Bold indicates club is still (2018) active.[2][3]
- 14 wins - Sheffield Wednesday, Frickley Athletic
- 12 wins - Worksop Town
- 10 wins - Sheffield United
- 8 wins - Emley
- 6 wins - Stocksbridge Park Steels
- 5 wins - Denaby United, Sheffield
- 4 wins - Doncaster Rovers, Hallam, Mexborough Town
- 3 wins - Mexborough, Barnsley
- 2 wins - Lockwood Brothers, Rotherham Town (I), Rotherham County, Rotherham Town (II), South Kirkby Colliery, Mexborough Athletic, Upton Colliery, Rawmarsh Welfare, Beighton Miners Welfare, Royal Army Service Corps, Bentley Colliery, Shaw Lane
- 1 win - Thursday Wanderers, Staveley, Heeley, Wombwell, Wath Athletic, Darfield, Ardsley Athletic, Dinnington Athletic, Firbeck Main, Norton Woodseats, Manvers Main, Wombwell Athletic, Thurcroft Welfare, Harworth Colliery, Royston Social, Stocksbridge Works, Grimethorpe Miners Welfare, Redfearn Sports, Kiveton Park, Frecheville Community Association, Maltby Main, Athersley Recreation, North Gawber Colliery
Invitation Cup
Founded | 1925 |
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Abolished | 1946 |
Most successful club(s) | Sheffield Wednesday reserves (5 titles) |
The county FA ran a second Senior Cup competition from 1925/26 to 1945/46,[4] the Sheffield & Hallamshire Invitation Cup.
The competition was open to the more senior non-league clubs in the region as well as the reserve teams of the area's professional (Barnsley, Doncaster Rovers, Rotherham United, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday).
Finals
Winners
- 5 wins - Sheffield Wednesday reserves
- 3 wins - Barnsley reserves, Doncaster Rovers reserves
- 2 wins - Royal Army Service Corps
- 1 win - Sheffield United reserves, Bolsover Colliery, Thurcroft Main, Firbeck Main, Thurnscoe Victoria
See also
References
- "Sheffield Challenge Cup". Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
- http://www.ncefl.org.uk/matches/sheffieldhallamshireseniorcup/2014/
- http://www.sheffieldfa.com/cups
- Sheffield Evening Telegraph, 8 April 1939, page 17